Power plant · Bad Arolsen, Hesse, Germany
WP Mengeringhausen
WP Mengeringhausen is a power plant in Bad Arolsen, Hesse, Germany, with 14.4 MW of capacity, operated by Bad Arolser Wind GmbH and Windpark Mengeringhausen GmbH & Co. KG.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Bad Arolsen | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 34454 Bad Arolsen | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2016 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Bad Arolser Wind GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Windpark Mengeringhausen GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14.4 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 6 units | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | wind | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Avacon Netz GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3652, 8.9450 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
WP Mengeringhausen is the 139th-largest of 206 power plants in Hesse and the 2,734th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 14.4 MW is <0.1% of the 193,669 MW we hold for Germany. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hesse | 139th of 206 | 7,473 MW | 0.19% |
| Germany | 2,734th of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,348th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 90 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UW Massenhausen | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Umspannwerk Arolsen | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Umspannwerk Twistetal | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| VegaSystems NCPB | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
Operators, grid operator and place
Other power plants in Hesse
- Staudinger1,102 MW
- Waldeck 2480 MW
- bnBm GasKW BIB378 MW
- Kraftwerk WI DT 2.1229 MW
- Waldeck 1 Pumpspeicher145 MW
- G-U1-008-GEN-03-NEA-2125 MW
- G-E0-070-GEN-4-GS-1115 MW
- A-U1-084-GEN-02115 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.